Diventare at ACTF

hello friends--it's time to take Diventare to ACTF! I leave today for the design competition, and the rest of the team will join me on Thursday/Friday to mount the show. If you haven't seen pictures, check them out HERE .

Moving this show to UNH has been quite a challenge so far--due mostly to the extreme difference in layout (proscenium to 3/4 (almost round) thrust) and also to the limitations of the rep plot (no refocus and only 7 additional circuits. To put it simply, this show doesn't travel easily without a complete redesign.

...which is what I have done. Thanks to the rovers, we have a really interesting and provocative show (I think) and I'm going to sing eternal praises to whomever invented offline editors for DOS boards. Everything is programmed! Now, if I can only get my exhibit board all finished...

notebooks: what not to do

internships! they are looming--and the summer/next fall is approaching fast. in my search to find the perfect place to park myself for the next year, i came across Playhouse on the Square in Memphis, TN. It just might be perfect for me. Interestingly, I remembered that about a year and a half ago I ended up sitting next to the guy who runs the internship program there (or at least did at the time) and he gave me his info and said to give him a call if I was interested. and NOW--when I am interested--I cant find the notebook I wrote it down in! I think he's the same guy who is listed now, but what if he's not? This is why I should become more organized. Now, I need to figure out the best way to proceed--bc I think that this place might be the right place for me.

New Batboy Photos!!

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tribute to genius

Big Spender at Listal

thinking ahead

finals done. portfolio review done. website updated. projects done. grading done.

yay christmas!

i started laying out my semester today in my little planner--its gonna be a fun one. two trips to NYC in March--one for InCite and the other for the Helmsley Portfolio Review , which I am observing. one trip to New Hampshire for ACTF Region One . One opera on the mainstage (Susannah--its gonna be awesome!) and lots of other fun things planned. im also taking a course in opera as well as scene design--which I am SUPER excited about!

in other news, I have managed to keep my actual life afloat much better this year--and in general, all things have been much calmer, much better, and much happier than last fall. yay! in the interest of keeping it that way, i am planning another hop across the pond for the end of my break, after InCite. after all, I'll be in NYC...

my other immediate goal for next semester is to acquire a nice camera and train myself to take pictures of my shows. i realize that is a tall order, but the fact that i can't do that REALLY gets in the way. and, as luck would have it, my camera died a few months ago--so i am in the market for a new one. any thoughts? im leaning towards the canon rebel... I really wish that i could take a photography class, but alas I am at the credit mark for the coming semester and honestly, I can not handle an overload with all of these extra excursions coming up.

in the meantime, enjoy the holidays! here's a christmas gift for yall: fireflies

merry christmas to all and to all a good night!!

photo call

today is photocall for one of my shows. photocall is something that i wish i were better at, because i always feel a little at loose ends and incredibly tense during them. i am lucky that i have good friends who are great behind the lens...bc i dont know anything about taking good pictures (other than to know what i want in those pictures) and i dont have a nice camera. in fact, i dont have a camera at all, due to the fact that my little one just broke a month again. i have only my cell phone....boo hiss.

i need to learn how to take my own pictures/get a nice camera, bc the fact that i dont have this skill is actually a huge problem. i have to rely on others and i cant control what images i get all the time...which is bad news for needing to maintain my website and just archiving what i want to archive in general.

any suggestions? im thinking canon rebel...

hold me batboy save me batboy

yes that's right. i just opened batboy at harvard. and it is beautiful! EVERYONE should go see it: BATBOY!

this is a pretty special show. first, the director and i go way back--i cant think of many directors who i would rather work with than matt at this moment. second, larry has been VERY involved in the production--and he is coming on wednesday night. cross your fingers that he likes it! third, weekly world news is VERY invested in our production--we are one of the top hits on their website...TWICE! see the MAIN ARTICLE
and the FOLLOW UP . they even sent us TSHIRTS! it is fabulous!

ill post pictures soon on my website. here is a link to the CRIMSON PREVIEW that features a nice photograph of my lighting.